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Cricket 50 questions.
"The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey." - Brian Johnston
Pub quiz question 8048 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Broad (in 2011); Sidebottom; Hoggard; Gough; Cork; Loader?
  2. Answer: A: Taken Test hat-tricks for England since 1945.
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Cricket (5)
Pub quiz question 7490 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: West Indies in England, 1939; India in Pakistan, 1984; New Zealand in Sri Lanka 1987; West Indies in India, 2014?
  2. Answer: A: Abandoned cricket tours
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Sports (7) Cricket (4)
Pub quiz question 8267 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Jim Laker won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
  2. Answer: A: 1956
  3. Categories: Cricket (7) Sports (8) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 1020 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In cricket, what score is known as a Nelson?
  2. Answer: A: 111
  3. Notes: *: From the falsehood that Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg.
  4. Categories: Cricket (3) Sports (4) Language (5)
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Pub quiz question 8292 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Ian Botham won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
  2. Answer: A: 1981
  3. Categories: Cricket (7) Sports (8) 1980s (5)
Pub quiz question 8262 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 2019?
  2. Answer: A: Ben Stokes
  3. Categories: Cricket (8) Sports (8) 2010s (8)
Pub quiz question 8637 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: How many test runs did cricketer Alistair Cook score in his test match career?
  2. Answer: A: 12472
  3. Notes: *: https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/alastair-cook-11728
  4. Categories: Tie Breakers (5) Cricket (6) Sports (6)
Pub quiz question 8330 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Ben Stokes won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
  2. Answer: A: 2019
  3. Categories: Cricket (7) Sports (8) 2010s (5)
Pub quiz question 5804 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which goalkeeper played professional football and cricket for Scotland?
  2. Answer: A: Andy Goram
  3. Notes: *: Football 1985–1998, cricket twice each in 1989 and 1991,.
  4. Categories: Sports (6) Football (6) Cricket (6)
Pub quiz question 5657 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In 2002, who announced his retirement from international cricket having amassed a total of 8029 runs in 128 tests throughout his career?
  2. Answer: A: Mark Waugh
  3. Categories: 2000s (8) Sports (7) Cricket (4)
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